Train services on the busy Howrah-Mumbai main line via Rourkela were affected for over six hours after Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres blew up railway tracks in West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand late on November 19, reports The New India Express. The twin blasts took place at about 2 am between Lotapahar and Sonua stations of Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway (SER) in the West Singhbhum District. The eastern regional bureau (ERB) of the banned CPI-Maoist outfit claimed responsibilities of the blasts The Maoist cadres also put-up banners at the explosion site protesting arrest of the top Maoist couple. The explosions were planned by the outfit to observe five-day protest and day-long nationwide bandh (general shutdown) call over recent arrests of top Maoist leader Prashant Bose aka Kisan Da (75) and his wife Sheela Marandi aka Shoba. Kisan was a member of CPI-Maoist Politburo and ‘central committee, CC’ besides ‘secretary’ of the ERB. Shoba was also a ‘central committee, CC’ member.